21st Century Learning
Term being used freely
Doing disservice to students if don't teach them the skills
Virtual education is no longer a luxurary. Students take online courses when move to college.
Framework for 21st Century Skills - lady from Microsoft
Showed graphis from the 21st Century Skills site
need to keep emphasizing core subjects but the context is changing
21st Century themes..
learning and innovation skills
critical thinking and problem solving
creativity ad innovation
communication and collaboration
information literacy
media literacy
ICT
collaboration big part of her job
What is new about 21st century skills?
For all students
MIchigan online course called Career Forward to meet the online learning requirement - created teh course
Course helps answer the question of what do I want to be - looks at the global economy
Students asked to respond to vignettes
Look for Route 21 out of DC in the next few days.
How do you measure if a student learns the 21st century skills
Florida Virtual doing this. redesigning courses to determine how course match to 21st century skills
FVS creating a map of where they are going. big effort for incorporating, developing, and training about the skills
Advisory committee being created.
21st Century Learning
Term being used freely
Doing disservice to students if don't teach them the skills
Virtual education is no longer a luxurary. Students take online courses when move to college.
Framework for 21st Century Skills - lady from Microsoft
Showed graphis from the 21st Century Skills site
need to keep emphasizing core subjects but the context is changing
21st Century themes..
learning and innovation skills
- critical thinking and problem solving
- creativity ad innovation
- communication and collaboration
information literacymedia literacy
ICT
collaboration big part of her job
What is new about 21st century skills?
For all students
MIchigan online course called Career Forward to meet the online learning requirement - created teh course
Course helps answer the question of what do I want to be - looks at the global economy
Students asked to respond to vignettes
Look for Route 21 out of DC in the next few days.
How do you measure if a student learns the 21st century skills
Florida Virtual doing this. redesigning courses to determine how course match to 21st century skills
FVS creating a map of where they are going. big effort for incorporating, developing, and training about the skills
Advisory committee being created.